Trojans Most Common Malware Infection

.Its report showed that there are 31.98 percent (more or less 1/3) of the computers all over the world had been victimized by malware. This should not be surprising because according to the report, there were 27 million types of malware created last year alone. Trojans still remain to be the most active malware, followed by viruses and worms as second and third respectively.

Are you having problems with your computer? Problems like your computer seem to have a mind of its own, firewall and antivirus programs are turned off automatically, unwanted pop ups just keep on coming, unknown icons can be found in your desktop and system trays, you are always redirected to a particular site, your homepage has been replaced by an unknown one, your computer’s speed is very slow whether online or offline. If you have experienced most of these, chances are your computer has been infected by a malware. But, don’t despair that much. If it is in any consolation, almost one third of computers around the world are infected by malware. You are not alone.

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Malware? Malware means malicious software. This type of software is being created by hackers in order to get into a computer’s system to access pertinent information like usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and other important information. A malware may come in the form of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, etc. However, it is believed by some that worms, viruses and trojans are the most rampant.

The countries who were heavily infected in 2012 were China, South Korea and Taiwan. While those who have lesser cases of infection were Sweden, Switzerland and Norway.

In addition, the report also included forecasts involving cyber issues in 2013. The Pandalabs report stated that hacking attacks against media companies and social networking sites will continue. Also, gadgets using android operating systems will also be targeted by hackers. Lastly, the world will also witness a more advanced level of cyber espionage and cyber wars.